Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits of Louisiana, LLC, will pay $175,000 to resolve OFCCP claims that the company systemically discriminated against black applicants in its hiring practices at its Saint Rose, Louisiana warehouse facility. The allegations are the result of a compliance review in which the OFCCP concluded that, from January 2008 to January 2009, the federal contractor discriminated against 467 black applicants for warehouse worker positions. OFCCP also found that Southern Glazer failed to keep complete and accurate employment records and failed to evaluate its selection procedures as required by OFCCP regulations.

Although Southern Glazer denies the OFCCP’s allegations, the company has, pursuant to a consent decree, agreed to the monetary settlement and also pledged to extend 13 job offers to affected class members. Chief ALJ Stephen R. Henley of the DOL’s Office of Administrative Law Judges entered an order adopting the consent decree on January 3rd.